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2026

  1. JournalAttack on RTX TitanIn the year 845, humanity was reminded of the terror of living in awe of Nvidia, and the humiliation of being trapped inside the Walled Ecosystem.creativetopic/shitpoststocks/NVDA
  2. JournalThe Meta-verse KnightIt was a peaceful morning in Cappy Town. Tokkori was insulting the sunrise, Kawasaki was burning something he called "breakfast," and Kirby was asleep in his…topic/shitpostcreativegame/kirby
  3. JournalWe Aren't Called Everyone & NobleNEW YORK—In a dramatic bid to distinguish itself from e-commerce giants and boost declining in-store traffic, Barnes & Noble announced Wednesday a radical…creativetopic/shitpost
  4. JournalGRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS STORIESSan Fierro, 2026. The fog rolls in over a city where a one-bedroom apartment costs $4,200/month, but parking your car overnight costs you a window. The tech…
  5. computer-scienceKnowledge Base (JSX)Browsers cannot natively parse JSX syntax. During the build process, compilers (such as Babel, TypeScript, Vite, or SWC) transpile JSX elements into standard…
  6. JournalIX. The Three Deaths of EarthBeyond the four-dimensional universe lies a higher domain [O] — home to a wave-form existence and to the collective unconscious of all thinking beings [F].…game/xenogearsgame/xenoblade chronicles
  7. JournalClaude versionBeing the Unofficial, Unauthorized, and Regrettably Accurate Transcript of the Most Divisive Political Season in Azerothian Historytopic/shitpostcreativepolitics
  8. JournalMiddlesex mandates Middle SexMIDDLESEX, MA— In a sweeping local ordinance aimed at "preserving historical accuracy and geographic integrity," officials in Middlesex announced Tuesday that…topic/shitpostcreative
  9. shitpostByzantine Generals Fail ConsensusThe air in the Great Palace of Constantinople was thick with myrrh and the suffocating heat of an Anatolian summer, yet Basileus Alexios I Komnenos shivered…creativetopic/shitpost
  10. JournalDuke demanding DukeDURHAM, NC—In a bold bid to elevate its global academic standing, Duke University announced Monday that all current and prospective employees must acquire a…topic/shitpostcreativehigher education
  11. shitpostMcDonald's LLMCHICAGO—In a historic leap forward for artificial intelligence and public health degradation, McDonald’s Corporation announced Tuesday the release of…topic/shitpostcreativecomputer-science/large languge models
  12. JournalSanDisk GundamThe annual Neo Japan Gunpla Expo was supposed to be a standard affair of plastic, paint fumes, and grown adults weeping over limited-edition plastic runners.…topic/shitpostcreative
  13. JournalSengoku SudokuIn the year 1582, at the burning Honnō-ji temple, Oda Nobunaga realized all was lost. Surrounded by treacherous troops, he reached into his robes, pulled out…topic/shitpostcreative
  14. JournalWinnie-the-Pooh and the Bullish DayThe wind was blowing from the East, and it was a very blustery day in the Hundred Acre Wood. But it was not just the wind that was full of hot air; the entire…topic/shitpostcreative
  15. PapersA Programming Paradigm for Spatiotemporal ComposabilityThe paper gives dynamic software composition a formal foundation by splitting it into two orthogonal problems. Temporal composability asks whether a component…topic/papercomputer-science/programming languagescomputer-science/software engineeringcomputer-science/distributed systems
  16. casual-triviasTurkey Province Names and RootThe historical spellings are broadly checkable against the State Archives’ Osmanlı Yer Adları. Modern administrative changes are documented by the Interior…topic/geographytopic/statelinguistics
  17. Journal"HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"The year was 1795. The Battle of Nuʻuanu was raging, and King Kamehameha I stood at the edge of the towering cliffs of Oʻahu. Below him, the forces of…topic/shitpostcreativehistory/early modern
  18. JournalFinal Fantasy VII RefusalThe sprawling metropolis of Midgar is powered by Mako—the lifeblood of the planet, aggressively extracted by the Shinra Electric Power Company. Enter…topic/shitpostgame/final fantasy vii
  19. JournalThe Boy Who LiftedMr. and Mrs. Vernon Twigg, of number four, Sedentary Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly soft, thank you very much. They were the last people…topic/shitpostharry potter
  20. JournalThe Boy Who Lifted (中文)住在久坐路四号的弗农·特维格先生和太太总是得意地说，他们是再松软不过的人了，多谢关心。他们无论怎么看，都不像是身上能找出哪怕一根横纹肌纤维的人，因为他们压根儿不赞成那种胡闹。topic/shitpostharry potterlanguage/zh cn
  21. historyGolden HordeNo Mongol successor state stands taller. From his new capital of Sarai al-Jadid on the Volga, Öz Beg Khan rules the largest realm west of China — the steppe…history/medievaltopic/state
  22. historyIlkhanateThe name is the mission statement: Ilkhan means something like "subordinate khan," a polite fiction that Hülegü's house was merely the Toluid family's western…history/medievaltopic/state
  23. computer-scienceAttempto Controlled EnglishEveryone hates natural language and its ambiguity (maybe except your manager), because ambiguity is where responsibilities go to die. "The customer entered…topic/sciencecomputer-science/programming languagescomputer-science/natural language processing
  24. JournalFive Gays and Five StraightsARLINGTON, VA — In what industry analysts are calling "the most unnecessary corporate restructuring in fast food history," Five Guys Burgers and Fries…topic/shitpostcreative
  25. historyChagatai KhanateAlone among the heirs of Genghis, the house of Chagatai still holds its founder's whole inheritance — on the map, at least. The reality is uglier. Three years…history/medievaltopic/state
  26. JournalRipley's Get It or Not!ORLANDO, Fla. — In a bold move to disrupt the gig economy and terrify hungry people nationwide, Ripley Entertainment announced Thursday its entry into the…topic/shitpostcreative
  27. historyThe Black DeathThen his army begins to die. Not of arrows, not of hunger—of swellings. Men wake with black lumps in the groin and armpit and are corpses by the third day.…history/medievaltopic/health
  28. historyTimurid EmpireHere's the catch: he was not a blood Genghisid, so by steppe law he could never legally call himself Khan. His workaround was a masterpiece of bureaucratic…topic/statehistory/medieval
  29. shitpostPopeyes Announces Historic Merger With Holy See, Rebrands As ‘Pope Yes: The Vatican Kitchen’VATICAN CITY—In a historic joint press conference from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, representatives from Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and the Holy See…topic/shitpostcreative
  30. Journal孔融和恐龙的故事融年十岁，特聪慧。时有大异自天而降，轰震如雷，庭墙皆崩。topic/shitpostcreative
  31. PapersKernelSnitch: Side-Channel Attacks on Kernel Data StructuresKernelSnitch presents a new class of software-induced timing side-channel attacks targeting Linux kernel data container structures (hash tables, radix trees,…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/side channelscomputer-science/operating systems
  32. JournalMartian invasion and git schemeThe terminal cursor blinked on Linus’s monitor, a rhythmic green heartbeat in the dark room. It was 3:14 AM.topic/shitpostcreative
  33. computer-scienceGale-Shapley Algorithm
  34. PapersSOK: A Taxonomy of Attack Vectors and Defense Strategies for Agentic Supply Chain RuntimeThis SoK systematizes security threats to LLM-based agentic systems arising from their dynamic runtime supply chain — the inference-time data and tool…computer-science/securitycomputer-science/large languge modelstopic/paper
  35. PapersRediscovering Method Confusion in Proposed Security Fixes for BluetoothBluetooth Method Confusion attacks — where devices are manipulated into using conflicting key establishment methods leading to compromised keys — were thought…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  36. PapersCascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting Modern CSS for Email and Browser FingerprintingThis paper demonstrates CSS-based browser/email fingerprinting that works even when JavaScript is completely disabled — directly threatening Tor Browser and…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/webcomputer-science/privacy
  37. PapersCHAOS: Exploiting Station Time Synchronization in 802.11 NetworksCHAOS is a novel WiFi covert channel that exploits the Timing Synchronization Function (TSF) inherent to 802.11 beacon frames. It encodes data through two…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networkingcomputer-science/side channels
  38. PapersThe Discriminative Power of Cross-layer RTTs in Fingerprinting Proxy TrafficThis paper reveals a protocol-agnostic fingerprint for detecting obfuscated circumvention proxy traffic: the misalignment of transport-layer and…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networkingcomputer-science/censorship
  39. PapersCross-Origin Web Attacks via HTTP/2 Server Push and Signed HTTP ExchangeThis paper reveals how HTTP/2 Server Push and Signed HTTP Exchange (SXG) — two modern web performance features — can be exploited to break the Same-Origin…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/webcomputer-science/networking
  40. PapersYou Can Rand but You Can't Hide: A Holistic Security Analysis of Google Fuchsia's Network StackFirst holistic security analysis of Google Fuchsia's network stack (shared with gVisor). Fuchsia is Google's "clean-slate" OS expected to eventually replace…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  41. PapersIDBLEED: Deanonymizing Device Identities via Side-channel Attacks in Exclusive-use IoTsIDBLEED introduces a boolean side channel in exclusive-use wireless communication (BLE/WiFi) where devices only communicate with trusted peers. By observing…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networkingcomputer-science/privacycomputer-science/side channels
  42. PapersDetecting IMSI-Catchers by Characterizing Identity Exposing Messages in Cellular TrafficThis paper presents a new approach to detecting IMSI-catchers (stingrays) — devices used to covertly track mobile phone users. Unlike prior work that relies…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  43. PapersLend Me Your Beam: Privacy Implications of Plaintext Beamforming Feedback in WiFiLeakyBeam exploits a new WiFi side channel: beamforming feedback information (BFI) packets. Unlike analog CSI signals that attenuate through walls, BFI is…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networkingcomputer-science/privacy
  44. PapersTime-varying Bottleneck Links in LEO Satellite Networks: Identification, Exploits, and CountermeasuresThis paper performs the first security analysis of time-varying bottlenecks unique to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks like Starlink. As satellites…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  45. PapersMineShark: Cryptomining Traffic Detection at ScaleMineShark addresses the growing cryptojacking threat with a scalable cryptomining traffic detection system. As regulatory bans on cryptomining increase and…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  46. PapersOff-Path TCP Hijacking in Wi-Fi Networks: A Packet-Size Side Channel AttackThis paper unveils a fundamental side channel in all Wi-Fi networks: the observable size of encrypted wireless frames. Despite WPA2/WPA3 encryption, an…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networkingcomputer-science/side channels
  47. PapersA Large-Scale Measurement Study of the PROXY Protocol and its Security ImplicationsFirst Internet-scale measurement of HAProxy's PROXY protocol reveals widespread misconfiguration: 170,000+ hosts accept PROXY protocol data from arbitrary…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  48. PapersReDAN: An Empirical Study on Remote DoS Attacks against NAT NetworksReDAN demonstrates that Internet attackers outside a NAT can launch remote Denial-of-Service attacks against hosts inside the NAT — challenging the common…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  49. PapersSketchFeature: High-Quality Per-Flow Feature Extractor Towards Security-Aware Data PlaneSketchFeature enables in-network ML-based attack detection on programmable data planes. It addresses the critical bottleneck of per-flow feature extraction —…topic/papercomputer-science/securitycomputer-science/networking
  50. PapersCan AI Agents Agree?This paper investigates whether LLM-based agents can reliably reach consensus in a "no-stake" scalar agreement game, even in the presence of Byzantine…computer-science/multi agent systemstopic/papercomputer-science/large languge models
  51. PapersIncompressible Knowledge Probes: Estimating Black-Box LLM Parameter Counts via Factual CapacityThis paper introduces Incompressible Knowledge Probes (IKPs), a method to estimate the parameter counts of closed-source LLMs by measuring their factual…topic/technologycomputer-science/machine learning
  52. PapersBUGLENS (ASE 2025): Taint-Style Bug Detection in Linux KernelBUGLENS is a post-refinement framework that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) guided through structured reasoning steps to dramatically reduce false positives…topic/papercomputer-science/security
  53. shitpostOverhead Bin-flationJeff looks at the sky, whispers, "So this is what I've done," and then tries to tip a skycap with a literal gold coin because he doesn't carry cash.topic/shitpostcreative
  54. casual-triviasThe Hidden Logic of HTTP Status CodesHTTP status codes are the "shorthand" of the internet. Defined by RFC 9110 (and its predecessors), these three-digit integers allow servers and browsers to…topic/technology
  55. casual-triviasThe Pirate Game and Generalized Backward InductionThe Pirate Game is a famous puzzle in game theory that perfectly illustrates the concept of backward induction—solving a problem by working backward from the…topic/sciencecomputer-science/game theory
  56. computer-scienceDeep Double Descent: Why Bigger Models (Sometimes) Fail Before They WinDeep Double Descent is a phenomenon in neural network training where test error follows a non-monotonic "W-shaped" curve. As model complexity, data size, or…computer-science/machine learningstatisticscomputer-science/optimization
  57. JournalFF外から失礼するゾ (玉音)「FF外から失礼するゾ」を、玉音放送で読まれた『大東亞戰爭終結ノ詔書』風の勅語体に寄せました。個人宛てのクソリプを、国家非常時の重大布告のように扱うところが主眼です。topic/shitpostlinguisticscreative
  58. computer-scienceModel Abliteration: Geometric Surgery on Refusal MechanismsModel Abliteration is a weight-editing technique that removes specific high-level concepts (typically "refusal") from an LLM by orthogonalizing the model's…computer-science/machine learningmathematics/linear algebra
  59. casual-triviasThe Physics and Mathematics of Musical TuningThe baseline for modern musical tuning is A4 = 440 Hz.music theorytopic/sciencephysicsacoustics
  60. casual-triviasThe Primate "Monolith" ObsessionResearchers recently decided to see what happens when you give chimpanzees shiny minerals like quartz and calcite. The result? Total primate obsession. The…primatologytopic/trivia
  61. uncategorized-serious-discussionsZFCBefore the 1900s, Georg Cantor's "Naive Set Theory" ran on a single, extremely permissive axiom of unrestricted comprehension: If you can describe a property,…topic/sciencemathematics/set theorymathematics/logic
  62. historyArminiyaAt first, the Caliphs were content with a "hands-off" approach—letting Armenian princes (nakharars) run the show in exchange for tribute and loyalty. But…history/medievaltopic/state
  63. computer-scienceEclipse AttackIn a decentralized network like Bitcoin, security relies on the assumption of perfect information—that everyone can observe the proofs-of-work and the true…computer-science/distributed systemscomputer-science/securitytopic/science
  64. computer-scienceByzantine General's ProblemBefore we talk about servers, let's talk about the people who framed the problem. The Byzantine Generals Problem was formally introduced in a landmark 1982…computer-science/game theorycomputer-science/distributed systemstopic/science
  65. computer-scienceIMP LanguageIf the Lambda Calculus is an elegant mathematical dream where everything is a pure, side-effect-free function evaluating to a value, IMP is the blue-collar…topic/sciencecomputer-science/programming languages
  66. historyKhazar KhaganateSandwiched between two aggressive, expansionist superpowers—the Christian Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Umayyad/Abbasid Caliphates—the Khazars played the…history/medievaltopic/state
  67. computer-scienceLambda CalculusIn modern programming, we are used to defining named functions that operate on built-in data types. For example, in Python:topic/sciencecomputer-science/programming languages
  68. computer-scienceProof of WorkPBFT (Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance) relies on knowing exactly how many nodes (N) exist, so it can calculate that 2/3rds threshold. But in a…topic/sciencecomputer-science/distributed systemscomputer-science/game theorycomputer-science/cryptography
  69. computer-scienceSubstitution CipherImagine you have two identical sets of the alphabet. You lay them side-by-side and draw arrows from the first set to the second. As long as every letter…computer-science/cryptography
  70. JournalA Retail Investor's Spell bookNo capital required, just time and dignity.topic/shitpostcreativepersonal financegame/dnd
  71. JournalWhen did Rome fell The Alignment Grid<table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Lawful Good</strong><br>476 AD<br><em>The Definition.</em></td> <td><strong>Neutral Good</strong><br>1806…creativetopic/shitposthistory/late antiquityhistory/antiquityhistory/medievalhistory/early modern
  72. casual-triviasEU5 Loading Screen ArtsIn October 1517, priest and scholar Martin Luther reportedly nailed his Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences to the door of All Saints'…game/europa universalishistory/medievalhistory/early modern
  73. uncategorized-serious-discussionsPrice DiscriminationFirst Degree Price Discrimination (FDPD) is the term describing a situation where a seller charges each customer the maximum price they are willing to pay for…economics/microeconomicstopic/science
  74. historyByzantine EmpireThe empire of the Romans is a thousand years old and shrinking by the season, but its young emperor refuses to preside over a museum. Andronikos III, who won…history/medievalhistory/late antiquitytopic/state
  75. historyGreco-Bactria KingdomWhile the other Hellenistic kings were busy fighting over the Mediterranean, Diodotus I looked at the Seleucid Empire’s chaos and decided he was done with the…history/ancienttopic/state
  76. Journal1587, A Year of No Significance (万历十五年)1587 was not a year where nothing happened, but a year where nothing that happened mattered. Ray Huang’s classic work of "Macro-History" argues that by 1587,…topic/bookhistory/early modern
  77. JournalCRISPR-Cas9 Spongebob StoryThe mechanism of CRISPR-Cas9 represents the most significant leap in molecular biology since the PCR revolution. At its core, the system utilizes a guide RNA…topic/shitpostcreativebiology
  78. JournalA Buffalo Wing VigilanteBy day, Arthur "Artie" Penhaligon was the definition of "market cattle." He spent twelve hours a day staring at flickering green and red candles, a mid-level…topic/shitpostcreativefinance
  79. uncategorized-serious-discussionsKelly CriterionIn the long run, volatility acts as a mathematical drag on wealth: even with a positive average return, excessive variance reduces your compound growth rate,…finance/kelly criterionfinance/volality dragcomputer-science/game theorymathematics/probabilitiestopic/science
  80. uncategorized-serious-discussionsReligions - A Decision Tree ViewQ: Is there an ultimate reality?worldviewtheologyontologymetaphysics
  81. historyThe Mystery of Fu LinIn Chinese historiography, "Fu Lin" (拂菻) is the name to be given to a great western empire that succeeded "Da Qin" during the Tang and Song dynasties (c.…historiographylinguisticstopic/statehistory/medieval
  82. uncategorized-serious-discussionsToxicology of Heavy Metals: A Comprehensive ArchiveHeavy metal toxicology is the study of how dense elements sabotage biological systems. Unlike organic toxins, heavy metals are elemental; they cannot be…chemistrybiologytoxicologytopic/health
  83. uncategorized-serious-discussionsHistorical Analysis: The Prester John MythosPrester John was a synthetic geopolitical myth constructed by Medieval Europe to reconcile strategic anxiety with fragmented intelligence. He was not a…history/orientalismhistoriographyhistory/medievaltopic/mythtopic/persongeopolitics

2025

  1. JournalCK-style historical soap drama Ep. 1The wind from the desert carried the taste of ash. It was the taste of defeat.topic/shitpostcreativehistory/medievalgame/crusader kings
  2. historyDaliThe Dali Kingdom was caught completely off guard. The last king, Duan Xingzhi (段兴智), was captured but—in typical Dali fashion—wasn't executed. The Mongols…
  3. historyHoly Roman Empire'Ce corps qu’on appelle et qui s’appelle encore le Saint-Empire romain n’était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire' -- Voltaire (1756)historiographyhistory/medievalpolitical sciencehistory/early moderntopic/state
  4. historyOttoman EmpireThe son of Osman is proving to be something more dangerous than a raider: an administrator. From his new capital at Bursa — taken by patient blockade rather…history/medievalhistory/early moderntopic/state
  5. historySaruhan BeylikFrom Manisa, in the shadow of Mount Sipylus, the old ghazi Saruhan Bey rules a small state with a long reach. Denied land to conquer — Ottomans to the north,…history/medievaltopic/state
  6. JournalStory about Roman heir trash TV showHOST: Janus (The two-faced Roman god, wearing a sharp suit but with a prosthetic face on the back of his head that occasionally whispers insults).topic/shitpostcreativehistory/medievalhistory/early modernhistory/modern